Abatement Process
Abatement applications must be filed with the Board of Assessors within
185 days from the date of commitment of the tax to which objection is
made.
A separate application should be filed for each separately assessed parcel
of real estate.
Application should be filed in duplicate.
A taxpayer, to be entitled to request an abatement or to appeal from the
decision of the local assessors, must have filed a list of his taxable property
with the assessors, if properly so notified, in accordance with MRSA Title 36,
Sec. 706.
If such list has not been filed upon proper notice, such list must be filed with
this application, together with a statement as to why the list could not be
filed at the proper time.
Written notice of their decision will be given by the assessors to the taxpayer
within 10 days after the assessors take final action the the application.
If such written notice is not given within 60 days from the date the application
is filed, the application should be considered as having been denied, and the
applicant may appeal as provided by the Statute. The applicant may, in
writing, consent to further delay.
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